Kat Cho – författare

A fresh fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a K-Prom.* “A fresh and richly layered K-drama-esque romantasy.”—Publisher’s Weekly, starred reviewSeventeen-year-old junior class vice president Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out with plans to become a doctor like her parents. But the weight of Grace’s own daunting expectations leads to debilitating panic attacks that have made her a virtual outcast at school, even to her longtime friend and crush. To make matters worse, her grandmother and only real support system has just died. Halmeoni was the glue that kept Grace’s little family together, especially after she and her dad lost her mother to cancer when Grace was too little to have many memories of her. To cope with the grief of another loss, Grace starts a webcomic inspired by the Korean myths her halmeoni used to tell her as a child.In Sun God, Grace spins the tale of Korean god Haemosu and his love Yuhwa, but with a twist—the two gods are trapped in the bodies of teenagers and, worst of all, cursed to attend high school. Grace never expected her comic to go viral, but it has, and the new fandom has somehow conjured the real Haemosu. Now it’s up to Grace to get him back home. But when she starts to fall for Hae, sending him home is the last thing she wants to do. More troubling, Hae isn’t the only god to suddenly reappear. Hae’s sworn enemy—also brought back to the mortal realm by Grace’s comic—is set on destroying Hae, all while infecting humanity with a deadly disease.As an epic battle between gods looms, Hae is without his powers, so it may fall to Grace to fight back against a vengeful god hell-bent on punishing anyone who gets in his way.

Cemetery Boys meets K-Pop Demon Hunters in this thrilling YA fantasy about a lost spirit, a reaper, a shaman, and the one girl who can save them all.Sixteen-year-old Sujin knows a lost soul when she sees one. Her mother and grandmother are mudang: shamans who help wayward ghosts travel down the Samdocheon River to the underworld. But Sujin is a new soul, giving her the rare power to see the past lives of any spirit she touches – putting her at risk of becoming permanently trapped in someone else’s memories. Because of this, her family refuse to let her interact with the spirits. Instead they hire another mudang, Rami, to fill the role that was meant to be Sujin’s.But when Sujin finds the spirit of a teen boy named Daniel still tethered to his living body, she can’t let him go to his death. With one touch, she’s launched into his memories, including one of her missing father. To find him, and figure out why Daniel’s spirit was disconnected from his body, Sujin teams up with Rami and a local reaper named Seon, who has been investigating the disappearances of ghosts in the area. As the four work to unravel the mystery, they discover that someone – or something – is devouring spirits before they can reach the Samdocheon River. And they’ll need to find whatever it is before it strikes again.A heart-racing contemporary fantasy inspired by Korean mythology, House of Forgotten Souls is grounded in our world but will transport you into the next.

Elena Soo is certain she has no interest in prom, so when K-pop superstar Robbie Choi shows up at her house and asks her to it, she doesn't see it coming. Because the one person who always accepted Elena as she is? Her childhood best friend, Robbie Choi, who made a promise with her when they were kids to go to prom together. But that was seven years ago, and with this new K-pop persona, Robbie is nothing like the sweet boy she remembers. Besides, prom with a guy who comes with screaming fans and relentless paparazzi is the last thing Elena wants - even if she can't stop thinking about his smile... right?

Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret - she’s a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.But after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. Against her better judgment, she violates the rules of survival to rescue the boy, losing her fox bead - her gumiho soul - in the process.With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous... forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon’s.

Was, wenn dich das größte K-Pop-Idol der Welt bittet, mit ihm zum Abschlussball zu gehen? Dieser witzige und herzergreifende Roman bringt den Glamour und das Drama der K-Pop-Welt direkt in die Highschool. Elena Soo hat immer das Gefühl gehabt, im Schatten aller anderen zu stehen. Ihre älteren Schwestern sind erfolgreicher als sie, ihr Zwillingsbruder ist beliebter, ihre beste Freundin extrovertierter – alle außer Elena scheinen genau zu wissen, wer sie sind und was sie wollen. Sie jedoch ist sich nur einer Sache ganz gewiss: Sie will nicht zum Abschlussball gehen. Anstecksträußchen und Ballkleider sind das Schulgespräch, aber Elena würde lieber das örtliche Gemeindezentrum retten – der einzige Ort, an dem sie sich immer gefühlt hat, als gehörte sie dazu. Um so verwirrter ist sie, als eines Tages der internationale K-Pop-Superstar Robbie Choi vor ihrer Haustür steht und sie fragt, ob sie ihn zum Abschlussball begleitet. Denn wenn je ein Mensch sie so akzeptiert hat, wie sie ist, dann war es ihr liebster Kindheitsfreund Robbie Choi. Und vielleicht hegt sie ja doch einen stillen Wunsch … Als Kinder haben sie einander versprochen, gemeinsam zum Abschlussball zu gehen. Doch das ist sieben Jahren her! K-Pop-Star-Robbie hat rosafarbene Haare, ist von Kopf bis Fuß stylish gekleidet und gleicht dem reizenden, lustigen Jungen aus ihrer Erinnerung gar nicht. Dem Jungen, mit dem sie alle ihre Geheimnisse geteilt hat. In den sie bis über beide Ohren verliebt gewesen ist. Außerdem kann sich Elena kaum etwas Schlimmeres vorstellen, als mit einem Typen zum Ball zu gehen, den Horden schreiender Fans, Online-Hater und skrupellose Paparazzi verfolgen! Auch wenn sie nicht aufhören kann, an Robbies Lächeln zu denken …